Notes from Board of Education Meeting, 11/9/10

The Board Meeting on Tuesday, November 9th will be re-broadcast on Comcast Channel 96, Verizon FIOS Channel 12 and is available via webstream at http://www.ccboe.com/ . To view the full agenda and the various reports, please visit BoardDocs.

The below notes are my personal notes and are not intended to be all-inclusive or official minutes for the Board of Education meetings and are provided as a request from my supporters and the general public in a personal effort to be more transparent. Although I have diligently tried to make these notes as unbiased and accurate as possible, I am only human and do make mistakes.

Executive session 12 p.m.


Call to order 1 p.m.


Pledge of Allegiance, Henry E. Lackey High School's JROTC unit


Correspondence/board member updates

• Wise - Adult Graduation; FEA Induction; Emannuel Bakare appointed to the Student Youth Advisory Council

Education Association of Charles County update - See Report


Student board member update - See Report


Enrollment update -

• Cunningham - 26,852 slightly up from last year; 55.2% African American, 36.3% White, 3.8% Hispanic, 3.7% Asian, 1% American Indian; 3,017 first time enrolled in CCPS. Additional statistics can be found in the report
• Abell - how many are seniors? 1st time enrolled? HSA's? 47
• Wise - Graduation rate process

CIP update - See Report

Race to the Top Grant - See Report

Autism Education Update - Charles County autism program at Matula Elementary for Pre-K and K; MIT = Multiple Intensity Teaching. 6 children currently enrolled; Later integrated into inclusion program; Hope to expand program to middle and high school in the future.

CCPS Environmental Education program - See Report

Board policy 4610 - See Report

Budget update - See Report

2011 Legislative issues packet - See Report

Unfinished business - None


New business - Noe


Future agenda items - None


Recognition - 4:30 p.m.

• Students
• Employees
• Maryland Association of Secondary Principals Award: Rick Conley, vice principal, Henry E. Lackey High School
• American Cancer Society Awards: 100 percent school participation award for 2009-10; 2009-10 Superintendent of the Year award: James E. Richmond

Public Forum - 6 p.m.

• Alan Jackson - American Freedom Week curriculum; against tasers & firearms in the school but if they are accepted, what is the educational content.

Action Items

• Minutes

Motion by Cook; Second by Pedersen

Unanimous

• Personnel

Motion by Pedersen; Second by Cook

Unanimous

Superintendent's update to the Board - See Report

Adjournment